Margate is a seaside town on the south coast of Britain. It’s beautiful
in its own way, but a site of faded glory. Does that kind of backdrop provide any
inspiration for Luke Twyman, known as Neverest Songs, who is from Margate?
Sort
of ... it feels a little cut off here and it's difficult not to want to
incorporate that feeling into whatever I'm doing, but I can't say I've felt the
need to specifically write about the town yet.
Even when the town produces great artist like
Neverest Songs it somehow never gets the credit. The inevitable follow up to
this is, of course, what do you write about? Luckily I asked
this.
I
tend to jump between high fantasy and real life. Some songs are introspective,
perhaps recounting my own experiences, while others are start-to-finish
imagination. But I'd say there are a good number now which sit somewhere
in-between, they might start with a memory or a story that I've read about, and
then I adapt or expand on it.
It’s a good job we now know because one of the most
striking things about Neverest Songs is the storytelling element that you find
in all his songs as well as the strong musical composition and vocals.
Luke is playing a precious few dates this year such
as Green Man Festival and a support gig for William Tyler in October. Below is
Paper Trumpets, his latest release.
NB Luke did a really awesome photo interview for A
Negative Narrative which you can see here
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